musings of a traveller and food lover

a very tuscan lunch

One first word I learned when I joined the yacht in La Spezia was mangiare: to eat!!! Eating is considered one of life’s great pleasure in Italy. And what about eating somewhere above ...

satay

Just outside the Sheraton Hotel where we stayed in Lombok are where the locals hang around. The beach was full of kids and I found out that it was a holiday. As we walked farther I could ...

Sukker Spinn

Another sugar rush for all of you but this time Norwegian way. I am just busy back home again, taking a break from cooking for crew!

zucchero filato

On my travels, I always notice cotton candies (evidence of my sweet tooth)… but what I always look for is how cotton candies are named on different places. Literal translation of ...

.. .oh no not…chicken again!!!

Well I finally resolved the internet connection, am now connected to a UMTS system (don’t ask me that cellular lingo, inspite the fact I love gadgets like cameras and laptops cell phones ...

… mending fishing nets

After two days of slaving in the galley, I took a train ride to Varazze. It’s 36klms from Genoa and Savona its nearest city. Lost in calculating the klms I travelled it took me nearly ...

Travel Photos

travel the italian way Its either I have no time to post or have no internet, but I managed to upload few photos….click this link here and enjoy ….. lets travel

Buon Natale

Merry Christmas to All! I will be working on Christmas day, an elf in the galley will cook for the crew on this day. Hope you all have a beautiful festive season!

I tre merli

I was having lunch with close friends in Genoa at the restaurant called I Tre Merli when I thought how much I wished I can blog again. I have not have not stopped cooking nor discovering the ...

where am i? what am eating or cooking???

this so great i actually have no more time to post it all work… since most of you wants to know my culinary ….oh no my high seas adventures we left capri long time ago and was ...

going tomorrow

Non stop of deliveries Shopping Filling up fridges Vaccum packed meat and fish separating crew meat and the kosher ones …. and tomorrow before 8am anchors up 3 days passage to sicily ...

back… still busy…

3 weeks of work and on my 4th week with out a full day off yet… last adventure the miele hot plates failed to work just when I just about to boil some farfalle to be served with the ...